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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09
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Local weather Record.
NOV. 6, 1887.
z. 8. 10
A. Pm. P. NJ.
Barometer ..... 1851 5000 30.f8
Thermometer 4e So d
Humidity. 66 10 So
Wind, direction and
velocity in miles
Weather. Foggy Clear Clear
Mean bar. 30o3; mean temp, 4S; mean humid
Max temp, 60: min. temp. Al; rainfall =
inches.
Max hourly velocity Of wind. 20 miles.
Total excess or deficiency of temperature since
January f,-3.S2 degrees.
Total excess or deficiency of precipitation since
Jan. LES in.
FOR NOV. g. 1885
Mean bar. %. 90; mean temp. 81
Max temp, 40; min. temp 26.
j. H. SHERMAN. sgt. Sig Corps
Note: A minus sign L-lPrefxed to thermometer
readings Indicates temperature below zero.
A stFn in connection with rainfall Indicate
trace of precipitation too small to measure.
sSnow is melted and resulting depth of water no.
ted under rainfall.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09

A American lady would like position as
IA houSekeeper in a small family, or would 20
quire at col GRAND AVENTrF
n9 IT n A4A'OA4'
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09
NANTER

A SITUATION by a competent American wo-
IA man to do general homework in a private
famlly; IS a good cook, washer and ironer. The
THIS OFFICE 10 ott4
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09
A F.rakeman KiIIed at Rrfdgepo

BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, Nov. 8.-James
Smith, brakeman on the Housat onic road,
was run over by switch engine in the Maui
gatuck yard this evening and both legs were
badly crushed above the knee. He will
probably die. He resided in this city, where
ha had farniI1r
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09

IMMEDIATELY, a young man Is or II years of
Il age to learn the photograph business; one of
good habits and anxious OF success required. Ap-
ply at BEERS PHOTO PARLORS
nItf S62 Chanel Street
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09

Women Vote For Prohibition.
BINGHAMToN, N Y, Nov Sat Che
mango Bridge, this county, eleven women
voted the straight prohibition ticket.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-09
WANTED.

a RESPECTABLE young girl wishes a situa-
IA ton as chambermaid and waitress Best CITY
reference. Inquire at
n9 lit 100 FRANKLIN STREET
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Mineral Springs and Their Uses.

The waters of many mineral springs
possess decided medicinal virtues and are
capable of doing great good in cases to
which they are adapted. Some Of them
are not properly medicinal at all. but the
encouragement to take large amounts of
fluid into the system, given visitors who
have been impressed with their alleged
magical power over disease, causes even
these to be beneficial But vast numbers
annually resort to such watering places
and subject themselves to discomfort and
expense in whose cases the waters do no
good, and, 1t may be, positive harm. This
is especially true Of springs situated at
great attitudes, and those where bathing
enters into the medical treatment, and
forms most important part thereof.
1t may easily be seen how the "medi-
cine habit is made to extend itself to
this class Of remedial agents. In health,
and when the expense of q residence at
such places is not a burden, 1.-The springs"
of almost any variety, provided the SAM
tary conditions are not too bad, are calcu-
lated to do much good The tired bust
ness man and the lady jaded by society
duties and pleasures there find much
needed relaxation The artificial COM
pounds to be found in every city are
nearly as efficient as health restorers, but
they should not be taken without discrim-
nation or without definite object.-Globe-
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Carnegie's Cure for Seasickness.

Nobody nee;l be seasick," explained
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, If he
takes precautions and possesses moderate
degree of good health. This malady is
often bugaboo which people assume. The
best medical authorities contend that NAL
adv is an affection of the brain and spinal
marrow rather than the stomach, and is,
after all, only the effort of the brain to
accustom itself to the motion of the ship
and the sound of machinery. It follows
that will power is large factor in ward
ing off the dreaded illness. Make up your
mind to be well, and after you are under
way take small powder of bromide OF
soda, which your chemist will prepare In
proper doses, put it in half glass of wa.
ter and renew the dose whenever you feel
the slightest symptoms of nausea. Your
effervescent salts before breakfast will dc
the rest of the preventative cure.
GIN any case, keep on deck as much az
possible, dress too warmly rather than toe
coolly and walk the deck an hour or two
daily, rain or shine. Avoid over eating
the rich food with which ocean steamers
are invariably stocked. There is no occa
sion to change your mode of life as to diet,
because you are on the water, unless you
have been extravagant; then let it be less
so. Eat regularly and aim to ingratiate
yourself with your fellow passengers al
table. You are all at the mercy Of the
treacherous waves. Surely, then, haughti
ness or surliness is absurd; in fact,
would recommend three arbitrary in
gradients for securing good moral, mental
physical and social results, and these art
good nature, will power and bromide Of
soda. New York Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02

paper men do not ind time to be con-
vivial Their duties requive their constant
attention, and their heads must be clear
at all times. To allow their heads to BE-
come muddled by drink would be their de-
struction. A reporter must be gentle
man II he hopes to succeed. He must
also be modest, charitable, honorable and
truthful and experienced in the ways OF
the world. He must go about his bust
ness In a quiet manner and not like
roaring lion seeking whom ne may devour.
Beware also of the reporter who makes
great display of note book and pencils
sharpened at both ends. He is ''duffei
in the. profession. AS to the "dead beat, "
he has no place within, and we do not see
him as frequently as formerly. This is
right; for it is more of crime for news
paper man to be a dead beat than it is for
a doctor, a clerk or a stone mason, becG use
he possesses certain but silent process Of
intimidation not known to any other class.
Experienced men with hardy constitutions
and tough skins dislike to gain the i'll will
of any journalistic cat if they can avoid it.
Instead of doing SO the party with the te-
nacious cuticle keeps his peace and hereby
places premium on future depretarioEs
and vilifications. The honest newspaper
man will not use his giants power Ike I;
giant; and he will hasten to correct any
mistake or misstatement that he has
made.-New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Peculiar Effect Of Blue Glass.

During the blue glass craze of few
years ago Mrs. Ruth Smith, of this city,
gave the matter her serious attention.
Being widow of wealth, she caused to
be built on the southeast corner of her
house a room composed entirely of blue
glass. into which the sunlight streams
during the entire day. Mrs. Smith wears
blue glass spectacles, dresses in blue silk
and has her meals brought to this novel
room on dishes of blue glass, where she
eats. sleeps and lives. 1t is stated that
she has not been out from her glass home
more than ten minutes at a time in eight
years, during which period she has never
felt pain or an ache of the slightest de-
scription.
Her neighbors state that not a percepti-
BILE change has taken place in her features
during the period of her novel method of
living, and her wonderful preservation
and good health have led many to believe
that there is more virtue in blue glass
than the general public is willing to con-
cede. Bridgeport Conn.) Cor. Pittsburg
DISPATCH
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
The Irishman and His Potato,

Why is the potato SO much grown and
consumed in Ireland? 1t is because potato
growing and potato eating form the sim
plest process by which the Irish tenant
can keep body and soul together He
turns up his land, plants it, waits four or
five months and then digs the crop The
product of these operations is his sus-
tenance. 1t has not, like cattle or wheat
or any of the higher products of farming,
to be turned into money before it can be
made available for his own use
The complex transactions by which pro-
ducers and consumers in civilized society
provide for the wants of others and secure
the satisfaction of their own do not enter
into the economies of the Irish peasant.
He sticks his potato into the ground, and
in due time he gathers the harvest. Feeling
hungry, he goes to his store, deals himself
out enough potatoes for a meal, claps them
into a pot, eats them and is content. The
substitution of oats for the potato would
place him one degree higher in the scale of
agricultural progress by processes Which
need not be described. We should then
get the Irish tenant past the stage at
which man lives from hand to mouth on
the free yield of nature into the stage at
which agriculture becomes an industry,
providing him by exchange or sale not
only with mere sustenance but with COM
forts of which he has hitherto had no eX-
perence Ireland
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Police Of Paris and London.

No such thing as the maltreatment OF
prisoners is permitted in the forces of the
London and Paris police. Should crowd
assemble in the street in Paris, it is but q
minute before the red trousered sergeant
appears on the scene. He does not flourish
q club; he is not demonstrative nor noisy.
He glides about, scarcely causing ripple
in the gathering. He quietly investigates
the origin of the difficulty, and in mo-
ment or two the matter is adjusted, and
the crowd separates without noise or fric-
ton In the English cities, the sight OF .
policeman with drawn club is as rare a.
the appearance of blood on the moon
Even where there is resistance to arrest,
the truncheon is never resorted to, con-
stables depending on strength and mum
bers to accomplish their purpose. The
regulations governing the police insist
strenuously that no violence shall be used
further than is absolutely necessary to So
cure an arrest or quel disturbance
Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Faults of the London Daily.

Some days, when 1 feel too bright and
cheerful, | buy a Daily Telegraph. 1t
is good As sort of mental ballast. l
rarely go so far as to read it. but keep
it, as the Roman emperor kept tie death
auggesting slave, to remind me that after
all this is q serious world The other Cay
! opened the immense sheet, and on the
Sahara called the leader page there
WAS only one head line. There
were 500 square inches of solid
reading matter, desert Of type
with that one solitary oasis Of heading
to tell what part Of it was about. This is
enough to stagger any man. 1t is quite
contrary to everything else that know
of in the world. A chemist labels his
bottles. The names Of the streets are
up at the corners Camden bus says it
a Camden bus, a book has its title page. q
minister announces his text, and lecturer
gives the subject of his discourse rdon't
have to go into train and ride n mile or
two to find out whether it is going my
direction or not. Yet "a London daily with
one or two exceptions asks you to wade
into long editorial before you can tell
whether or not it is OF the slightest pos
sble interest to you.-Luke Sharp in
Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Curious Phase of the Street.

The other day l met literary woman
of my acquaintance in the street. She
carried an expression by no means in con-
sonance with the gay spring weather, and
l asked her what allied her Il am ru-
ined," she said. This was rather start
ling statement, but l sifted it into mean
ing that she had lost some $500 or 5000,
that she had saved up, in Wall street
speculation. 1t was all the money she
had in the world, and she had saved ii
Omy and rigid self denial. Her story illus
trates one curious phase of the business
of the street.
She has friend, who is the wife of Il
quite well-to-do-map. This friend has
for some time been risking her pin money
On margins. Her example finally infect ed
Mrs. x, and she asked her for an intro
duction to her broker. This Mrs. z re-
fused.
"If lose my money!" she said, Il can
afford it; but you cannot. l do not want
to reproach myself for any trouble that
might come to you" In. conversation
with her broker shortly afterward Mrs.
told this story as illustrating the madness
of poor woman. The broker called on
Mrs. X, introduced himself as having been
sent by Mrs. q, got the poor story writer's
cash and that was the end of it. Within
il week it had been wiped out.
This sort Of thing is going on constantly
The agent of certain brokers circulate
among women in New York, gathering in
margins on sure things, whose certainty
is always that of loss to the investor
Alfred Trumble in New York News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02

4 0aGgsstion - 70 What Might He Done
With Long Time Convicts.
Dr.. Seaman. late chief Of star Of the
Blackwell's Island hospital and peniten-
tiary, spoke upon the problem Of convict
labor in his recent address before the
Medico-Legl society. He argues In favor
of tho English system Of employing long
sentence prisoners on great public works,
such a. harbor and fertilization making.
An effort Is being made in another quar-
ter to introduce transportation to Alaska.
But there Is q third alternative, suggested
by some very commonplace facts, here
submitted for consideration
Society is, perhaps unnecessarily, al
flicted by having to bear two enormous
burdens, costly, demoraizing and oppres-
sive. These are Q) the maintenance OF
criminals, and q the maintenance OF
widows and orphans left destitute BY
accidents" l mean, here particularly,
the families of miners killed by coalpit
explosions, which occur 30 frequently.
Now, the miner Is probably the worthiest
working citizen in the commonwealth.
For our good he submits not only to ire
mendous toll, but to the sacrifice OF sun
light and the pure air Of heaven, and
cheerfully faces the risk of being himself
among the percentage Of miners who
every year get killed, something like one
in thirty eight. We owe more to the
miner than We care to acknowledge.
On the other hand, tho criminal for
feits ordinary sympathy. The worst class,
criminals who have just unfortunately
lodged the hangman, society pronounces
unfit to associate again with the commu-
nifty for long time, If ever, e., society
saws they are unfit to live in the world.
Yet we exalt these malefactors to the
position of state pensioners, we give them
palatial residences, costly stah OF Nv
cried servants, with all the resources OF
medical and sanitary science to prolone
their precious lives to the last possible
gasp-au at the expense of the honest,
law abiding, virtuous taxpayer. And the
coal getter? Well, we condemn him to
Punishment into the bowels of the earth,
with the tolerably sure and certain hope
of an 'accidentar' explosion, with loss OF
life or limb, and the probable pauperiza
ton of widows and orphans to follow.
Suppose, by way of experimental re
form, our all wise legislature were to Sc
lect the life sentence convicts OF the most
worthless and repulsive type, and single
out also the most dungeons mines. sup
pose they were to place the former In the
latter, say, for ten years daily labor
If, in the mysterious workings OF Prov1
dence, an explosion were to bereave US Of
these our erring brethren-weu, w
should rejoice that the calamity had moi
ended the lives of our honest, induetriou!
miners, who raise their families as gooe
citizens. On the other hand, the saving
in cost of prisons would 60 far to insure
the safety of our worthy miners by pro
viding better preventives Of accidents.
Only a few years ago boat load of con
victs were upset and drowned on Nortl
Carolina river. 1t was sad, very, though
we have not heard of any serious damag'
to society or the constitution in conse
quence. -Geoffrey Quarles in New Yorl
Post.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Teunyson and His Trees.

l saw the poet to the best advantage,
under his own trees and walking over his
own domain. He took delight in pointing
out to me the finest and rarest of his trees
and there were many beauties among
them. l recall my visit to Whittier at
Oak Knoll, in Danvers, a little more than
year ago, when he led me to one of his
favorites. an aspiring evergreen, which
shot up like flame. thought OF the
graceful American elIns in front of Long
fellows house. and the sturdy English
ekns that stand in front of Lowell's. In
this garden of England, the Isle of Wight,
where everything grows with such lavish
extravaganza Of greeuness that it seems
as if it must bankrupt the soil before
autumn, felt as if weary eyes and over
tasked brains might reach their happiest
haven Of rest.-Dr. Holmes in The At
lRptic
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
The Young woman's Exaction.

1t was in the horse car, that place in
which the experiences are varied enough
to make a man cosmopolitan if he will
study them. Two girls were talking of
what they read
"Oh, choose novel easily enough. -
one said. II go to the circulating library
and look at the last chapters. If 1 find
the rain softly and sadly dropping over
one or two lonely graves don't take il,
but If the morning sun is glimmering
over bridal robes Of white satin | know
it's all right, and take it and start to
buy caramels while read it,
Novelists are respectfully reminded that
the remark containsan important truth
which they will do well to bear in mind #
they wish TO reach that constituency of
young women who are said 10 arhitrate
upon the fate of American fiction. There
is often more in the last chapter-which is
usually read pretty early in the book-to
settle the fate of novel than in all the
rest of the volume. and he who aims Ia be
popular will make this, IF least. bright
and Enthusiastically Companion.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Dust I'm the Stores.

While they are advocating the laying of
the dust in the streets, wonder that some
one does not take up ths dust nuisance in
the stores. Every afternoon, between 5
and q O'Clock, the floors are swept and the
clerks breathe an atmosphere of dust that
Is sometimes frightful and always I'M
pleasant. 1t is just the hour of the day
when sweeping should not he done, as the
employees are exhausted after the days
work, the air is close and dry. and the
heat great, for there is not much ventila-
tion in large store. No matter if the
floor is sprinkled. a cloud of dust always
flies NJ ard settles upon the counters.
Often the man who sweeps out wears a
sponge over his mouth and nose to pre-
vent coughing.-Lady Clerk in Globe
Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Tho London Dog Peddler.

There is no more familiar sight in out
door London than the dog peddler. Per
haps it is because we are fond Of English
fashions that he has got to be SO common
here. Broadway, Fifth avenue and Four
tenth and Twenty-third streets are daily
populous in the way Of bargains. 1t is
hardly safe to invest in this street stock, Il
you are not an expert, and expect good
and pure blood. Vow and then, however
the man who is wise in canine character
may pick up a bargain. The peddlers
always begin at top price and drop. Ar
offer must be very low one for them to
refuse 1t, and If their stock is honestly
come by their profits cannot be extrava-
gant-Alfred Trumble in New Yorl
News
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02

slow do BARRIERS learn their trader asked
my barber the other day. They just pick it
up said be. "A great many do the picking
up in the country shops, where the farmers
have tough chins or are not % particular a.
city customers Then we have boys around
the shop to brush coats. give gentlemen their
hats and otherwise make themselves useful,
and they generally blossom into barberx
First the boy learns to soap faces In a rush
and comb hair, and We let him hone up an old
razor occasionally. Some day when business
is dull the boss lets the boy shave him and
after . while q good natursd customer drops
In or q man trying 70 catch . train and the
boy gets chance TO try his band OF coare
be IS extra careful, and unlss. be IL very
nervous he makes good job Of IL After
tia. be has no trouble and ali the cE1s,ornes
accep: him as . matter Of fact s-Phsladsi-
s,hia Call
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
New KIND OF Insurance Needed.

There's a new kind of an insurance
association wanted, and l can't see why 1t
wouldn't be popular" remarked gentle
man. land that is. a society to insure the
Identification Of dead bodies. That OF the
young girl at Railway and Of the supposed
sporting man at Andalusia are cases in
point. For a small fee q society could
agree TO insure Identification. This could
be done by marks on the body or the
clothing. Sometimes things are attended
to by others when we are too careless to
attend to them ourselves. The mark
need not be a name; number would do,
and the name could be known by refer
ring TO the registered number. I'm not
just able TO suggest practical plan,
though l am sure 1t wouldn't require
much study. The hint is worth consider
ing. "-Philadslphia Call
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Dinsren. Styles Of Checks.

sHThe style of a check" said bank
cashier to a reporter, lis often pretty
good indication of the character OF the
firm or individual that makes 1t. The
newer the account of q man In bank
the bigger his checks, is an almost 1nvari-
able rule A man who has millions-men,
for instance, like Armour and Marshall,
Field and Pullman-use small checks, or,
at least medium sized ones. They are
made of good paper, but they are quiet
and businesslike But Pumpkin, Hay
seed g. Co., who run shingle mill In
Michigan, and who have only been bank
ing for a few months, have pictures and
their names spread over big colored checks
that look like three sheet posters. On
country checks nearly always there Is a
picture in one corner of the building &C.
cupied by the man whose name is signed
at the bottom, sometimes a print OF bis
daughter or his wife adorns the paper,
and then his own countenance is at tie
margin. Then he has his name printed
in big black letters over half the check,
and his address over most the rest, and IN
the middle, in little letters, there Is the
name of the bank in which he has his
money. The banks supply check books
to their customers, but most people have
their own printed.
Sometimes the boys, when they are
not doing anything else, amuse themselves
by drawing pictures on the checks, and
the bald headed president Of the Oshkosh
Incubator company, who has put repro
duction of his classic features where 1t
will attract attention, finds to his sur
prise, when the check is returned, that ne
has beautiful head of auburn hair, and
that his lonely but unique single chin
whisker has been joined by an elegant
pointed mustache and James Russell
Lowell sideboards. If his daughters face
is ut the top, her form, clad in stylish gar
ments and with hustle like bay win
dow. is added. This makes bank clerk 8
life worth living. But you can put 1t
down as pretty sure thing that when
firm is in the country, or is starting fake
business with plenty Of wind in the city,
it will spread itself on checks, but if it is
solid house of good standing and heavy
backing the chances ere Eat its checks
will be almost severe i'll their modesty. y
Chicago News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-02
Bringing a Waiter to Time.

A traveller obtained satisfactory break
fast at I, southern hotel in an ingenious
manner Having called for different
items on the bill of fare with the unfail-
ing result of hearing, ''All gone, sab, "
he fixed stern look upon the colored
waiter and exclaimed in deep tones: do
you know where you will go to when you
dies'' The waiter trembled and did not
reply. but he turned away, and with dis
patch brought out smoking breakfast Of
chicken and other features Of good meal
1t seems that he had reserved these DELI
cacies for himself, but had been touched
by superstition TO produce them for the
traveler-Chicago Times